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David Gittens Innovative Lives Presentation, May 7, 1997
INVENTOR NAME:
Gittens, David
REPOSITORY:
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 601/Room 1100
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-3270
www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
0.35 cu. ft.: 3 boxes.
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SUMMARY:
Gittens's Ikenga 5302 has several applications--aerial photography, aerial surveying, air courier, border patrol, cattle herding, commuting, crop spraying, flying doctors, intelligence gathering, pipe line inspection, postal service, reconnaissance, and search and rescue. The name Ikenga is derived from Ibomythology in Eastern Nigeria and refers to the creative life forces of humanity.
Collection consists of original and reference videos documenting African American inventor David Gittens and his work on the Ikenga 5302.
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SUBJECTS:
Air & space
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